I probably should look at my ND map before I answer you. I have heard the name a lot but not sure where it is at. I have been working in ND for the last two years up until this spring. plan to return this fall after my job here in Minnesota for Northstar ends. If you are looking for wide open spaces then the Dakota's are for you. I normally track inspect between Fargo and Minot on the KO. it can be lonely as all I see all day is trains passing. Areas east of the Missuri river are pretty much farm land. Mile after mile of wheat or other grains shifting in the winds. warm to hot in the summer. Can be pretty cold to colder in the winter. Lots of game, deer, elk, pheasants (lots) turkey and prairie chickens. I have come upon many large flocks of 50 plus turkeys up on the tracks in the evenings. See game every day. during the fall, most of my work friends carry their rifles in their work trucks. I was watching a very large old black backed buck with huge rack last fall. I would see him and his two buddies, another younger buck and a doe every week or so in the same area. The big guy would hang back and let the younger buck and doe go first across the tracks infront of me. a couple of times he would hang back and then start to pace me to try and cross the tracks in front of me. I would stay the same speed with my truck on the rails. If I would have had my camera out I could have gotten a few really nice shots as he would run pacing me about a hundred feet from the tracks. This finally led to his down fall. I heard during hunting season that a train had struck a large buck at the same mile post that I would always see him. I was told the struck deer had such a large rack that the conductor had the engineer stop the train to take the dead dears rack! Sure enough, a few days later during my scheduled run I found him dead by the tracks with his head missing. No rattle snakes east of the Misourie. To the west is the bad lands. lots of buffallo and rattlers! but beautiful country! Louis and Clark stayed a year here befoe continuing on. I can go on for many pages about North Dakota, if you want to talk to me more about the Dakota's email me at pistolero@live.com